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The World That Made Him and the World He Made
Henry Holt & Company
August 2010
On Sale: August 3, 2010
448 pages
ISBN: 0805087958
EAN: 9780805087956
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction History
A charmer and a bully, Winston Churchill was driven by a
belief that the English were a superior race, whose goals
went beyond individual interests to offer an enduring good
to the entire world. No better example exists than
Churchill's resolve to stand alone against a more powerful
Hitler in 1940 while the world's democracies fell to their
knees. But there is also the Churchill who frequently
inveighed against human rights, nationalism, and
constitutional progress—the imperialist who could celebrate
racism and believed India was unsuited to democracy. Drawing
on newly released documents and an uncanny ability to
separate the facts from the overblown reputation (by
mid-career Churchill had become a global brand), Richard
Toye provides the first comprehensive analysis of
Churchill's relationship with the empire. Instead of locating Churchill's position on a simple
left/right spectrum, Toye demonstrates how the statesman
evolved and challenges the reader to understand his need to
reconcile the demands of conscience with those of political
conformity.
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